The club doesn’t have any leaders qualified to take a group to Longstone – the outer Farne Island -because it’s too far offshore. But sometimes unofficial groups arrange a visit. It has to be approached with caution because the lighthouse is 5 miles off shore and there are strong tide races between the islands. This … Read more
The club’s September camping weekend in Scotland was only a short drive away in North Berwick. Conditions weren’t ideal with a Force 4 wind from the North East and a bit of a swell and the weather generally a bit damp and murky. Nine members went out on the Saturday, launched in Milsey Bay and … Read more
Last Thursday a group from the club had a session with the RNLI from Amble practising rescues with both the big lifeboat and the inshore RIB. A very worthwhile session. Bjoern summarised a few key lessons learned: Photos by Richard Sill
The club’s annual camping trip to Berwick was a grand weekend courtesy of Berwick Sailing Club who very kindly allowed us to use their facilities. The weather gods were kind to us , everyone managed a paddle on Saturday, and some of us on Sunday. Sea kayakers paddled north from Berwick on Saturday exploring caves … Read more
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This week there were two choices for club sea paddlers. One group launched at Beadnell and went for a gentle ten mile padde to Low Newton by the Sea and Dunstanburgh castle. The other group went out from Shorebase and they saw dolphins. Photos in slider below and above Richard Sill. For once the Shorebase … Read more
This photo from ten days ago shows the group who paddled round Coquet Island on a nice calm Sunday afternoon when the tide made afternoon the sensible time to go. Now that the sea is getting warmer we’re all practising our rescues. After paddling round the island we landed on Hauxley beach for coffee and … Read more
The club trip to Arran in the first week of June was very enjoyable but didn’t include quite so much paddling as we’d hoped because it was too windy. On the first day a group paddled from Lamlash Bay around Holy Island – which started out easy but got to be harder work on the … Read more
The regular weekly paddles upriver from Shorebase don’t get much coverage here, but last week there were some photos taken. It’s a nice easy relaxing paddle and a great opportunity for beginners to have a go.
The sea kayak group went to Newbiggin Bay to practise skills and rescues for the club Sunday outing on June 2nd. The weather was good with very little wind and the group had loads of practice getting wet: rescues, being rescued, capsizes, paddle float self-rescues, towing, re-entry rolls. The group got to show off their … Read more